Carbon footprint is a measure of the impact our activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heating, transportation, etc.

Every year in the U.S. over 3.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions are released into the air.Over three-quarters of these emissions are man-made and are created by the burning of fossil fuels for transportation.

U.S. economy continues to expand and increase its demand for electricity and fossil fuels, more greenhouse gases will pollute our air supply and add to the growing concern of global warming. Global warming is a gradual increase in the Earth’s temperature, and if carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases continue to build up in the air, rising temperatures will make Earth virtually impossible to live on.SMART BINZ solar powered recycling receptacles offer ecological benefits by helping to reduce global warming and impact the sustainability of the environment by reducing carbon dioxide contributions and increasing green practices.

SMART BINZ recycling efforts prevent useful material resources from being wasted, reduces the consumption of raw materials, reduces energy usage and therefore, green house gas emissions. The 55 LED lights used in SMART BINZ solar powered recycling receptacles save cost and reduce the amount of greenhouse emissions.